Family-Friendly Event Coming To Hoboken Cove: City Of Water Day

HOBOKEN, NJ — On Saturday, July 14, Hoboken Cove will transform into the “City of Water” during a free, family-friendly event that will include kayaking, paddleboarding and educational “eco-talks.”

According to organizers, the festival will celebrate Hoboken Cove, “a unique spot for accessing the Hudson River” and a “protected habitat for marine and shore wildlife.” The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Hoboken Cove at Maxwell Place Park, Sinatra Drive North near 11th Street in Hoboken. (Learn more here)

City of Water Day at the Hoboken Cove is supported in part by a grant from the Waterfront Alliance. Partners include the Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse, Resilience Paddle Sports, Fund for a Better Waterfront and Hoboken Residents for a Public Waterfront.

Organizers said:

“The Boathouse will offer free kayaking. Resilience Paddle Sports will provide an opportunity for paddle boarding. Naturalist Noelle Thurlow will lead a bioblitz, an intense period of biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within a designated area. There will also be a series of educational opportunities – brief eco-talks about the migratory fish, shore birds and history of the Hudson River held throughout the day and workshops on water testing and environmental stewardship.”

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Photo: The Hoboken Cove beach with Union Dry Dock in background on City of Water Day 2016 sponsored by the Waterfront Alliance (betterwaterfront.org)